The rainfall is too low for rain-fed agriculture and almost all the population in the area are nomadic pastoralists.

Some northern and western areas support rain-fed agriculture, while other areas require irrigation for successful crop production.

The commune has a Saharian climate and is too dry for rain-fed agriculture.

It is semi-arid and its economy is mainly rain-fed agriculture.

Until about the 1940s, persons living in these villages depended upon rain-fed agriculture for their livelihood.

Some northern and western areas support rain-fed agriculture, while others require irrigation.

Most of the population in the Sahel is heavily dependent on rain-fed agriculture and livestock for survival.

"We continue to grapple with a very dependent society reliant on rain-fed agriculture."

The area's economy is sustained by rain-fed agriculture, although the town is currently in the midst of a food crisis.

An agricultural town, the area was first developed for mechanized rain-fed agriculture in 1968.